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First transit‐oriented smart development project and would be a trigger for development of planned central business district for Bhubaneswar. The Project would have two components:1. Public Infrastructure Component – This will be developed on EPC model at approximate cost...

A new initiative launched by the Raipur Smart City Limited hopes to bring a ray of hope in the lives of the elderly living in the city, writes Krishna Das.

In an exploration of the processes through which urban India acquires or loses green spaces, this article examines how parks and urban publics are mutually constituted in Delhi. Social change has led to a re-imagination of cultural meanings and modes of ecological management. Ecological change,...

This is a First Draft Document that can be used by cities by customizing the douments based on their requirements for Integrated ABD Development.

Hyderabad will have a National Park for People with Special Needs at Louis Braille Flyover Old Malakpet, Hyderabad with the implementing agency, Ayesha Educational Society in partnership with GHMC. It is first of its kind park in India, it uses urban design to form an inclusive...

The brief gives information about Area Based Development Projects in Ahmedabad.

This nesletters gives Highlights of Ahmedabad Smart city Projects.

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The project plans to entrust heritage sites/monuments and other tourist sites to private sector companies, public sector companies and individuals for the development of tourist amenities. They would become 'Monument Mitras' and adopt the sites. The basic and advanced amenities of the tourist...

Ahmedabad is located on the banks of sabarmati River that serves as the city's lifeline. It is a major source of water from the city due to regular release of water from Narmada Canal upstream. The waters of the river were used for sacred and socio-religious activities since centuries, and its...

This video displays the tirumph of the city of the Vadodara in restoration and revitatization of the lost water bodies.

WRI India in Collaboration with Kochi Municipal Corporation and Cochin Smart Cities Limited and is developing a Detailed Project Report as a part of heritage development of Fort Kochi area. The heritage master plan aims to create frame work for development of streets and public spaces, heritage...

Khammam Municipal Corporation, Telangana

Guntur Municipal Corporation, Andhra Pradesh...

Vizag Smart City, with an aim to enhance social infrastructure for the ABD area and encourage inclusive development, has pioneered the initiative of creating a special park for “kids with special needs” under Smart City project. The adjoining presentation provides key highlights of its...

This is a presentation prepared by Pune Smart City Development Corporation Limited conceptualizing its vision for placemaking under the Smart Cities Mission for an affordable high impact urban transformation.

Transit-oriented development (TOD)—a planning strategy focused on building compact, mixed-use neighborhoods with access to high-quality public transport and mobility options—is key to sustainable urbanization. However, TOD can be exclusive in its design and implementation, leading to the...

This presentation provides a conceptual design of the proposed park at Nalgonda X roads in Hyderabad.

The Mission encompasses data mapping, demography building, formalising the processes and bringing all cultural activities under one umbrella for better results. For this, cultural critical mass of knowledge centers (individual/institution/ non-government organisations) in every field of culture...

Solapur has focused on open spaces for citizens and social inclusion as key areas for their Smart City implementation. In light of this, Open Gyms have been constructed with a view of realizing better utilization of the available open spaces as well as contribute towards the health needs of the...

In the recent past, Udaipur has taken multiple steps to abate pollution of the lake and beautifcation of the lake vicinity, some of the prominent steps being:
• The sewage discharge points closure and commissioning of sewage treatment plants
• Prohibition of idol immersion in the...

Chhatris are elevated, dome shaped pavilions, a cenotaph built on the cremation spot of Shri Hari Rao Holkar. The entire precinct is surrounded by an enclosure and has two gates. West side gate act as the main entrance gate while the East side opens towards Gangor Ghat on the bank of River Kahn...

Riverfront Development is a key initiative of the city in ABD area of Indore Smart City. The Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) has started riverfront development work of Kahn River under the Smart City project. The frst phase of development of riverfront would be done from Rambagh Bridge to...

The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has planned to undertake retroftting model of development in the market place to address the up-keep issues of the markets. Under the initiative, Sarabha Nagar Market has been reconceptualized to create spaces that accommodates the needs of local shopkeeper,...

As part of the Udaipur Smart City theme: “Eternal Udaipur: World’s favorite Lakeside Heritage City”, there is a keen focus on heritage conservation. These interventions are subsequently being taken up by Udaipur. The interventions are expected play a major role in the upkeep, maintenance and up-...

Visakhapatnam has taken up a project, to develop a new park, ‘All Abilities Park’. This project is aimed at showcasing the city’s strong emphasis on enhancing the social infrastructure of the city (in this case for improving health and wellness of all its citizens) which includes differently...

National Disaster Management Authority is in the process of preparing a National Guidelines on Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage Sites and Precincts, following consultation processes among experts and professionals in the field.

The approach of these guidelines are to serve...

The economic and social importance of domestic tourism in a country like India, endowed with splendid diversified culture and historical heritage, needs no further emphasis. The survey on Domestic Tourism Expenditure conducted by the National Sample Survey (NSS), are the primary sources of data...

UN-Habitat supports countries to develop urban planning methods and systems to address current urbanization challenges such as population growth, urban sprawl, poverty, inequality, pollution, congestion, as well as urban biodiversity, urban mobility and energy. UN-Habitat proposes an approach...

Urbanization results in an increasing proportion of the population living in cities. Green spaces and other nature-based solutions offer innovative approaches to increase the quality of urban settings, enhance local resilience and promote sustainable lifestyles, improving both the health and the...

(Re)Building Downtown: A Guidebook for Revitalization is a resource for local elected officials who want to re-invigorate and strengthen neighborhood centers of economy, culture, and history through a smart growth approach to development.

This guide uses Smart Growth America’s seven-step...

This presentation includes the projects been undertaken for Vizag Smart City –“ including” national/international benchmarking, citizen engagement, stakeholder engagement and concept designs/Toolkit for the same.

Preserving and developing parks, playgrounds and recreational spaces in order to enhance the quality of life of its citizens, reduce the urban heat effects in ‘Areas’ and generally promote eco-balance (Guideline No. 3.1, iv). Such Smart Parks should have some key components, which are given....

The aesthetic importance of water bodies be it natural or man-made, is well established. Their significance in urban landscape is even more since water bodies like lakes, reservoirs, ponds act as sponge in the event of heavy rainfall spells, recharge aquifers or augment raw water availability at...

The present paper intends to justify ‘Heritage Guidelines’ as an effective to manage urban heritage precincts in Indian cities. First the basic concepts of Heritage, Urban Heritage, Heritage Precincts and the processes involved in the management of an Urban Heritage Precinct are taken into...

The late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first Prime Minister, once said, “A blighted urban jungle of concrete destroys the human spirit.” This issue of Urban Solutions, with a special focus on “Building with Nature”, explores how nature enhances a city’s liveability.

Our experts set the...

Despite its importance in promoting sustainable urban development, public space has not been given the attention it deserves in literature and, more importantly, in the global policy arena. Yet there is a growing body of principles and sound policies for improving access to good public space in...

About this course: Transit oriented development (TOD) is a powerful cross-cutting urban planning strategy to achieve sustainable urban form through integrating land use and transport. It promotes compact, mixed use and income, pedestrian- and bike friendly development organized...

Standard Operating Procedures for “Swachh Clubs” lays out the infrastructure norms, assessment & inspection procedures and checklists, and sanitation and waste management best practices to be followed by clubs

Standard Operating Procedures for ‘Swachh Parks' has being released, which lays out the infrastructure norms, assessment & inspection procedures and checklists, and sanitation and waste management best practices to be followed in parks.

UNESCO Global Report on Culture for Sustainable Urban Development, a ground-breaking report which presents a series of analyses and recommendations for fostering the role of culture for sustainable development. Drawing on a global survey implemented with nine regional partners and insights from...

In Ahmedabad, the larhest city of Gujarat state, the research focuses on two poor localities: Bombay Hotel, an informal commercial siubdivision located on the city's southern periphery and inhabited by Muslims, and the public housing sites at Vatwa on the city's south-eastern periphery used for...

This report provides an overview of the increasing vulnerability of World Heritage sites to climate change impacts and the potential implications for and of global tourism. It also examines the close relationship between World Heritage and tourism, and how climate change is likely to exacerbate...

This book has been drafted as part of an extended dialogue that took place between 2012 and 2015, between a team of international experts led by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and a Chinese policy team led by the General Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Planning and Design (GIWP...

Regenerating Urban Land draws on the experience of eight case studies from around the world. The case studies outline various policy and financial instruments to attract private sector investment in urban regeneration of underutilized and unutilized areas and the requisite infrastructure...

Placemaking inspires people to collectively reimagine and reinvent public spaces as the heart of every community. Strengthening the connection between people and the places they share, placemaking refers to a collaborative process by which we can shape our public realm in order to maximize...

In the past two decades, many Asian countries including India have mandated participatory local governance through national statutes. Emerging research on Asian cities shows that despite strong national mandates, the practice of participatory governance at local levels remains largely...

This paper aims to discuss the reasons as to why public spaces in urban areas become dysfunctional, and focuses on a specific public space in the historic city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. The main objective of the paper is to provide a solution for dysfunctional public spaces by rejuvenating them with...

The purpose of the Smart Cities Mission is to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life of people by enabling local area development and harnessing technology, especially technology that leads to Smart outcomes. Area-based development will transform existing areas (retrofit and...

A short film highlighting worldwide best practices and the opportunities for India's cities.

A short film highlighting worldwide best practices and the opportunities for India's cities.

Today, studies on urban coastal areas, is increasingly attracting more interest from academics and urban managements and becoming the main theme of the planning. Regarding the planning and the sustainable development of coastal areas, natural landscape, protection and development of historical...

All over the world, planning for the development of coastal areas, design and ecological shortcomings are emphasized significantly in the literature. In this context; the failure to provide the integration between urban and coastal areas and functional deficiencies in the use of coastal areas,...

Culture, according to the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001), is “the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of a society or a social group that encompasses art and literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems,...

Adelaide’s transformation is the product of simple and inexpensive strategies for activating its public spaces. It started a few years ago with light-weight interventions such as shutting down a street to cars for a night, giving it over to food vendors and musicians, and giving those commuters...

Historic buildings by their layout, form and materials often give a sense of place and identity in a world of increasingly ubiquitous new buildings, where a new or redeveloped town centre looks very much like another. There are landmark buildings, such as temples, mosques, churches, town halls...

The Waterfront Alliance created the Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines (WEDG) program to answer a simple question: How do we create the best possible waterfront? WEDG seeks to answer that question by promoting good design that results in resilient, accessible waterfronts that allow us to live...

As we are aware that DPRs from various cities are getting approved in regular interval. Projects worth Rs. 147 crore has already been approved in the HNEC meeting, now the scheme is gaining momentum in project execution phase. City Mission Directorates are in the process of selecting contractors...

The Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust have initiated the Bhendi Bazaar Redevelopment Project in Mumbai. The presentation provides a detailed case of the project and its current status.

A common misconception is that tourism policy primarily focuses on promotion and marketing campaigns. While these activities are essential, another important but sometimes overlooked aspect is how creative city planning can support tourism promotion, and consequently, how the needs and goals of...

This publication outlines the process of developing a city development strategy (CDS) for Sana'a, Yemen. It includes background on Sana'a and an overview of the studies, discussions, and strategic planning that resulted in the city's CDS.

The nation's capital and a UNESCO World Heritage...

The management plan for the Complex of Huế Monuments has been developed in order to:
- Identify the risks which potentially cause impacts to the property and propose the strategic objectives, management and conservation policies mitigating those risks;
- Propose the key tasks not...

applicable to culturally significant places across Indonesia and will assist in retaining their unique identity and managing

change. The Kota Tua area of Jakarta...

This is a Scheme of Ministry of Tourism , Government of India to develop theme based tourist circuits on the principles of high tourist value, competitiveness and sustainability in an integrated manner by synergizing efforts to focus on needs and concerns of all stakeholders to enrich tourist...

It aims to identify and develop pilgrimage tourist destinations on the principles of high tourist visits, competitiveness and sustainibility in an integrated...

Public spaces are taking on an increasingly important role in the urban agenda. The quantity, quality, accessibility and connectivity of public spaces have been highlighted as key criteria for urban regeneration, and as fundamental conditions to wellbeing, particularly for the most vulnerable...

Unlocking Sound and Image Heritage is a web-based and freely downloadable book that offers tips and advice from dedicated professionals from all corners of the world, for the preservation and creative use of sound and image heritage. Featuring compelling case examples and strategies...

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The objectives of the Vietnam Urban Upgrading Project are to alleviate poverty in urban areas by improving the living and environmental conditions of the urban poor using participatory planning methods, and influencing planning processes to become more inclusive and pro-poor. The project will be...

The proposed Scheme Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) offers tremendous opportunity towards an integrated, inclusive and sustainable development of some of the heritage cities/towns in India. HRIDAY offers a paradigm shift in India's approach to city development,...

This handbook will serve as a guide for use by municipal leaders in future public space projects laying out 10 best practices for public space projects. These 10 facets of the Placemaking approach illustrate the process that PPS and UN-Habitat have undertaken together, and demonstrate the...

This presentation on the Detailed Project Report for Conservation of Bazaars in the Walled City of Udaipur provides an overview of the assessment of the existing issues in the bazaars, broad proposals and project cost estimates. The key features of the project have been given below:

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Oxfam recently reported that 85 individuals control as much wealth as the poorer half of the world’s population, or 3.5 billion people. These startling figures come in the wake of rising inequalities of wealth and income in both developed and developing countries.

This research highlights the importance of housing security for informal workers, in particular those engaged in working at home.

This paper is intended to help developers who are considering infill development and want to understand more about the risks and rewards. First, it examines the real and perceived challenges of infill development and how developers are able to overcome them. It then outlines the demographic...

TThis publication explores how residents and leaders in Legacy Cities have used placemaking principles to transform blighted public spaces into revitalized community assets. The report, prepared for the Center for Community Progress by New Solutions Group, LLC, uses case studies to explore...

This publication is based on the first version of the compilation of case studies on conservation and management of historic cities Historic Cities in Development, Key to understanding and taking action finalized in October 2012 and published online in two volumes. The 2014 edition is published...

Designed as a how-to manual for local leaders, Redeveloping Commercial Vacant Properties in Legacy Cities focuses on practices and policies that leverage the link between available commercial properties and needed economic regrowth in Legacy Cities. Local practitioners can use the guidebook’s...

Good quality parklands are valuable community assets that require well-considered planning, design and management to achieve optimal levels of amenity and functional performance. While initial establishment costs may be high, the long-term return to today and tomorrow’s communities is beyond...

Strengthening creative industries and protecting natural and cultural heritage have proved to be effective instruments of economic development. Our work has harnessed the potential of the creative sector for job creation, economic growth and poverty reduction and supported efforts to promote the...

Cpwd is maintaing the Heritage buildings like President Estate, Hyderabad House New Delhi, Parliament House New Delhi, Victoria Memorial Kolkatta etc. This maunal brings an overview about the conservation of Heritage Buildings to Architects and Engineers.

The goal of this Resource Manual is to help State Parties to manage natural values within World Heritage properties. As such it is aimed at natural and mixed World Heritage properties as well as cultural landscapes.

Natural World Heritage sites are inscribed because of their superlative...

The purpose of this publication is to address a gap within the leisure industry in Western Australia by providing a reference point and establish Guidelines for the provision of new community infrastructure development within existing or new development areas. It has been developed through...

In 2008 National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) launched a community revitalization program, Parks Build Community, to revive inner-city communities through purposeful park restoration and sustainability, with the understanding that the health of a park is directly connected to the...

With over 250 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, cities are one of the most abundant and diverse categories of heritage. This quantity and diversity add to the dynamics of urban heritage conservation, where concepts and approaches are constantly changing and evolving.

The UNESCO/UN-HABITAT Toolkit Historic Districts for All - India: A Social and Human Approach for Sustainable Revitalization, comprising of a Manual for City...

This guide begins with an overview of some of the challenges and opportunities that communities along the water face. Ten sections follow, one for each of the smart growth coastal and waterfront elements. Each section begins with a description of what smart growth looks like and how it may be...

Ministry of Environment and Forests has been implementing the National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP) since 2001 for conservation and management of polluted and degraded lakes in urban and semi-urban areas. The major objectives of NLCP include encouraging and assisting state Governments for...

Over 600 experts and professionals from 55 countries attended the conference and discussed 70 case studies involving high-rise or contemporary architectural interventions in historic cities and urban landscapes of heritage value. There was widespread agreement that criteria and guidelines for...